Ray Bradbury was a highly prolific writer who wrote more than thirty books, close to 600 short stories, and numerous poems, essays, and plays. Students who are interested in reading more Ray Bradbury should read his iconic dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) as well as The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and I Sing the Body Electric (1969).
Ray Bradbury was highly influenced by Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars series. The first novel of the series is called Princess of Mars (1912). Burroughs was also the creator of Tarzan.
Many other science fiction writers explore the merging of Martians and humans, including Octavia E. Butler in the Lilith's Brood...
